Two men have been sentenced for their roles in a multi-million pound scam which enabled thousands of people to watch paid-for cable TV for free.
Manish Javahar and Bobby Bhairon appeared at Leicester Crown Court to plead guilty to their involvement in a fraud which allowed people to tune into Virgin channels without paying the usual subscription fee.
Javahar, (35), from Leicester pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Virgin Media and was sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Bobby Bhairon, (39), from Coventry pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Virgin Media and was sentenced to 19 months in prison, suspended for two years.
In August last year eight men were convicted of conspiracy to defraud Virgin Media.
The man who masterminded the scam, Mahesh Tailor, was jailed for six years.
Tailor, (51), also from Leicester, was the director and owner of Tailor Made Circuits in Thurmaston, a printed circuit board manufacturer.
He found a method of bypassing the encryption system used to protect cable channels supplied by Virgin Media.
Tailor was jailed for six years and disqualified from being a company director for eight years.
